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John Nairn

JN

26

Publications

2.5K

Citations

19

H-Index

2012

Active since

Affiliations

Bureau of Meteorology(Current)

The University of Adelaide

Queensland University of Technology

Government of Western Australia Department of Health

Flinders University

John Nairn is an author at Bureau of Meteorology specializing in public health, environmental health, and epidemiology.

Top concepts

Public HealthEnvironmental HealthEpidemiologyClimate ChangeUrban ClimatePatient SafetyEmergency MedicineHealth Services ResearchMedicineEngineering

Publications per year

2012–2023

26

Publications

26

Increasing frequency, intensity and duration of observed global heatwaves and warm spells

Lisa V. Alexander, John Nairn · Geophysical Research Letters · 2012 · 1.1K citations · Full text

Engineering, Extreme Weather, Weather Forecasting +23

The Excess Heat Factor: A Metric for Heatwave Intensity and Its Use in Classifying Heatwave Severity

John Nairn, Robert Fawcett · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 2014 · 434 citations · Full text

Responding to heatwave intensity: Excess Heat Factor is a superior predictor of health service utilisation and a trigger for heatwave plans

Benjamin Scalley, Tony Spicer, Le Jian et al. · Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health · 2015 · 88 citations · Full text

Health Policy, Excess Heat Factor, Health Promotion +5

Performance of Excess Heat Factor Severity as a Global Heatwave Health Impact Index

John Nairn, Bertram Ostendorf, Peng Bi · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 2018 · 76 citations · Full text

Accounting for adaptation and intensity in projecting heat wave-related mortality

Yan Wang, Francesco Nordio, John Nairn et al. · Environmental Research · 2017 · 71 citations

Engineering, Hyperthermia, Climate Epidemiology +8

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